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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Complications
Migraine headache is a risk factor for stroke in both men and women.
Migraine headaches generally represent no significant threat to your overall health. However, they can be a long-term (chronic) problem and may interfere with your day-to-day life.
Migraine and Cardiovascular Risks
Recent studies have suggested that migraine sufferers may be at increased risk of stroke in later life. A meta-analysis of several such studies published in the British Medical Journal[1] in 2005 appeared to confirm this association, with young adult sufferers and women using hormonal contraception at particular risk. The mechanism of any association is unclear, but chronic abnormalities of cerebral blood vessel tone may be involved. Women who experience auras have been found to have twice the risk of strokes and heart attacks over non-aura migraine sufferers and women who do not have migraines.[2]
Prognosis
Many patients with migraine can relieve pain and reduce frenquency with treatments.
References
- ↑ Tzourio C, Tehindrazanarivelo A, Iglesias S, Alperovitch A, Chedru F, d'Anglejan-Chatillon J, Bousser MG (1995). "Case-control study of migraine and risk of ischaemic stroke in young women". BMJ. 310 (6983): 830–3. PMID 7711619.
- ↑ Kurth, T (2006). "Migraine and risk of cardiovascular disease in women". Journal of the American Medical Association. 296 (3): 283–91. PMID 16849661. Unknown parameter
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